Tim Baker & Sons Tree Service

Tim Baker & Sons Tree Service is a family-run tree care company based in South Dennis, serving Cape Cod, the South Shore, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. The company's own website says it has done tree work since 1975, though BBB records list this registered entity as started in 2004 — a gap worth asking about, since it isn't clear from the record whether it reflects the owner's earlier personal tree-work history or something else. On Google, where most of its written record comes from, the business holds a 4.3-star average from 34 ratings. Reviewers who actually hired the crew consistently describe successful removals in tight, tricky spots — large trees taken down close to houses, sheds and power lines without damage — and fast response after storms and Nor'easters, including one case where three other tree companies said they lacked the equipment to do the job. Several long-time customers, some of whom named crew members Tyler, Joseph and Joe directly across multiple jobs over several years, describe clear communication, on-time arrivals and thorough cleanup, and a number say the pricing came in fair or lower than competing tree companies quoted for the same work. Two reviews are worth weighing against that record. One customer who had used the company regularly for five years said that on their most recent job, calls stopped being returned and the service became unreliable enough that they moved on to another company. In a 2022 review, another customer described a company truck backing into a driveway, pulling down a telephone wire and hitting a mailbox, and said the crew laughed it off rather than address it. The business is not a BBB Accredited Business and BBB has not assigned it a rating, citing insufficient information to do so. For a Cape Cod homeowner facing a technically difficult removal near a house or power lines, or storm cleanup after a Nor'easter, the depth and specificity of repeat-customer praise here carries real weight — just confirm current pricing and availability directly, and ask about the two isolated negative experiences if they're a concern before booking.